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Rev. chil. dermatol ; 26(4): 399-403, 2010. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-721802

ABSTRACT

La dermatomiositis se caracteriza por su compromiso cutáneo y muscular, siendo rara su asociación a cánceres seminomatosos y no seminomatosos en un mismo paciente. Se presenta el caso de un paciente de sexo masculino, de 31años, con tres meses de mialgias y eritema heliotropo en cara acompañado de erupción máculo-papular en áreas fotoexpuestas y yuxta-articulares, asociado a un aumento de volumen testicular izquierdo. La CK, beta-HCG, GOT, GPT, LDH, y alfa-feto proteína estaban elevadas. La biopsia muscular informó miositis intersticial y el estudio histopatológico testicular evidenció un cáncer testicular mixto con seminoma, teratocarcinoma y carcinoma embrionario. No presentó metástasis. Se trató con prednisona y orquiectomía, constatándose disminución progresiva del compromiso cutáneo en los meses siguientes a la cirugía. Los reportes publicados enfatizan medir alfa-feto proteína y beta-HCG, y examinar los testículos en pacientes jóvenes con dermatomiositis. Todos los casos publicados presentaron una evolución rápida. La sobrevida está relacionada con el volumen tumoral y la elevación de marcadores. La resolución del cuadro dermatológico dependerá de la sospecha precoz y el oportuno tratamiento de la patología de base.


Dermatomyositis is characterized for skin and muscular involvement, being rare its association with seminomatous and non seminomatous germ cell cancers, both in the same patient. The clinical case is a male patient 31 years old, with a story of three months of mialgies and heliotrope rash in face, and maculopapular lesions in photoexposed and juxta-articular areas, associated with left testicle increased in size. CK, beta-HCG, GOT, GPT, LDH, and alpha-fetoprotein were elevated. Muscular biopsy informed interstitial myositis; the histopathological study of a testicle tissue biopsy showed mixed testicular cancer with seminoma, teratocarcinoma, and embryonal carcinoma. No metastasis were found. He was treated with prednisone and orchiectomy, watching a progressive decrease of the cutaneous involvement over the next months after surgery. Literature reports remark to measure alpha-fetoprotein and beta-HCG, and to exam both testicles in young patients with dermatomyositis. All published cases had a rapid evolution. Survival is related with tumor size and elevation of serum markers. Resolution of the dermatologic features will depend on clinical suspicious and opportune treatment of the cancer.


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Humans , Male , Adult , Dermatomyositis/complications , Dermatomyositis/drug therapy , Testicular Neoplasms/complications , Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/therapeutic use , Biopsy , Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human/analysis , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal , Testicular Neoplasms/surgery , Testicular Neoplasms/pathology , Orchiectomy , Paraneoplastic Syndromes , Prednisone/therapeutic use , alpha-Fetoproteins/analysis
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